Google has the capacity to place a sentence just underneath the title of a web site on a Google Search that says “This site may harm your computer.”

Apparently, over the last several hours, Google started labeling every site on the internet with this sentence. Then it stopped.

Some people think it was a temporary coup at Google. Others are saying it was just a bug. I trust that it was neither, and I chose to believe that it was simply an accurate warning. I believe Teh Internets was making a bit of a sharp turn around some cosmic corner during the wee hours of the morning and everything became temporarily dangerous. Thank you Google for keeping an iEye on us.

Yes, I was Googling this morning for parts for a Toyota (of all things) and the search for every Toyota parts supplier was flagged by Google as “unhealthy” for computers and other living things. It was strange.

Readers may not be aware that Greg Laden is a pioneer in biologically implanted bookshelves. Rather than leave the shelves at stationary locations such as walls, Greg has found useful roles for household pets and family members, whom he can summon to wherever he is studying when he needs their categories of reading materials. A few bird-whistle noises tempt his cat closer when he needs a small paperback, just as spoken coaxing attracts his wife when he needs a heavier textbook. From each according to their ability, etc.

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